Executive Creative Director

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Crayon Full time

**How you'll role**

As the Executive Creative Director, you will be providing insights and direction to the creative department and the rest of the agency with regard to integrated creative solutions for clients' communication needs. Building and sustaining a highly effective creative team that develops only precise and ingenious solutions and strives for the long-lasting and sustainable success of clients.

**What you'll do**

Creative excellence
- Drive the overall quality of the creative product whilst maintaining accountability to client objectives
- Promote a culture where powerful advertising combines creativity, originality, and quality of execution
- Care about craft and know who the best supplier partners are to help you achieve great production values
- Strive to uphold and improve the company's creative reputation through thought leadership, breakthrough campaigns, and local/international awards.

Client centricity
- Become respected and valued by your clients - teach them about the power of creativity
- Develop valuable relationships which lead to the growth of the creative portfolio (i.e. think integration and relevance of what the scope/role is and could be)
- Understand the political landscape of your clients - their world, their realities, and think about how to make them great at what they do (the marketer of the year, APEX awards, Cannes Lions Awards, etc.)
- Become an expert in their business, study competitor movements and trends, to shape new ways for your brands to break through
- Foster and grow strong relationships internally between creative, strategic and account management teams to create better work - work that works and wins

Efficiency and profitability
- Understand the requirements of the brief in terms of time required, when to push, when not to and why - honour the expectations of the client budget, and challenge when and where necessary (pick your battles)
- Create a culture of 'solutions, not problems'
- Learn about how the agency makes its margins

Talent management
- Drive a strong sense of team and accountability
- Attract the right talent for the portfolio and strive to maintain a good balance of continuity on your accounts
- Take responsibility for your team's performance and career path - work with HR on the process and what training is needed, etc.
- Be a passionate teacher, share knowledge, and drive the energy
- Create a great, positive, fun, fabulous working environment

**What you'll need**
- A degree or diploma in a related field
- A proven track record of doing a great job managing people, producing outstanding work and being loved and respected by clients and the agency you have worked for
- Strong leadership qualities
- Be smart and have to ability to think on your feet
- The ability to sell work with conviction
- To be reliable and accessible, confident, a team player, and inspirational
- Knowledge about the industry (global and local)
- An open-minded approach and the ability to embrace change



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